Improvement in hats



" n UNITED' STATES i PATENT OFFICE.n l

`ljMPRovEn/llaN-r IN HATS.

i Speciiicationfforming part of Letters Patent No. 112,661, dated March14, 1871.

Y Be it `known that I, \WII,.LIAM H. WHITE, of Baltimore, in i the fcounty of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland, have invented a new and`ImprovedMMethod` of Constructing Mens and Ladies Hats5and I do herebydeclare that the following is aY full and exact description f thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ofreference marked thereon. n

The object of myinvention is to improve the constructioniof `mens andladies hats i which employ a `detachable framein-combination with suchhats or other articles of headdress. f`

The nature of my improvement consists in iixing appliances tosuchdetachable frames for the purpose of determining the proper position ofsaid frames in said hats, and for fastening thestretching-stringsthereto; also,

in effecting a peculiar junction ofthe head or sweatv band (or'body ofthe hat); with the brims thereof, so that a draw-string may be usedabout the head to the best advantage.

j. To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, Iwill fully describe it byreference tothe accompanying drawings.

Figure Irepresents a detachable frame, used as an active spring, todistend and hold in shape the brim of said hats. It is a hoop7 made ofany suitable material. furnished at one e"n`d with the hook D andslidingloop B,

.i'or the double purpose of determi'ningits proper position in the hatand for attaching n the stretching-string thereto.

Fig. III represents the brim of a hat having its outer edge hemmedt toform a casing, into which casing a string is run, entering it at C, and,passing more than once'around the brim, comes out at D, thereby crossingthe string in thecasing for a short distance, which creates `frictionand assists the process of tying. The end of the string coming out at Dis provided with a loop and shortstring, which latter is `fastened tothebrim near the point D and the sweat-band A to the brim B.

prevents the string beingpulled too far out of the casing. To completethe brim, a combination is effected with a detachable frame similartoiFig. 2 bypassing the looped end of the string over the hook on theframe and tying the other end of the string to a short string fastenedto the frame through the loop B.

Fig. IV represents by the dotted line the rst row-of sewing in my methodof joining It should be sewed one-sixteenth of an inch inside of theinner edge of the brim and about the middle of the sweat-band.

Figure V represents the 4brim B lapped on itself and felled down to thesweat-band A, as per dotted line.

` Fig; VI represents the sweat-band A lapped on itself and sewed, as perdotted line, which formsa casing to receive a draw-string about thehead.

Fig. VII represents a cross-section, showing, by the lines Nos. l 2 3,the seams which hold the body or sweat band B B B to the brim A A A. No.4 shows the casing, and black dot the draw-string. No. l is the firstseam made; No. 2, the second seam, and No. 3 the third seam, passingthrough the body r sweat after it has been lapped or folded `n itself toform the casing No. 4, to hold the draw-string, represented by the blackdot.

I am aware that my invention is susceptible of many little variations,but without departing from the general features herein described.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. Appliances on. a detachable hat brim frame and hat -brim by which thetwo are held together at desired points, for the purpose substantiallyas shown and described.

2. Appliances on a detachable hat brim frame to which can be fastenedthe drawstrings run into the fabric-brims for the purpose of holding thedesired tension, substantially as shown and described. v

3. The method of joining the brimand sweat band or body of a hat by theuse of three seams, as and for the purpose set forth.

